Adani Power Ltd, a subsidiary of Adani Enterprises Ltd and a part of leading integrated infrastructure conglomerate, the Adani Group, has been conferred with the National Energy Conservation Award for 2011 by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency.

The Bureau of Energy Efficiency is a part of the Central Electricity Authority, Union Ministry of Power.

The company, which is India’s leading private thermal power producer, has been awarded the first prize in the thermal power station category for its supercritical technology-based thermal power plant at Mundra, Gujarat, a company spokesman said here.

The award was received by Mr Rajesh Adani, Managing Director, Adani Power, from the Union Minister for Power, Mr Sushil Kumar Shinde, at a programme inaugurated by the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, in New Delhi.

Adani Power, which is operating 3,300 MW of power at Mundra, including four units of 330 MW and three units of 660 MW, is in the process of commissioning two more units of 660 MW. With the final plant having a capacity of 4,620 MW, the Mundra plant will be the single largest thermal power plant in India.

Some of the important energy saving parameters at the Mundra power plant are 9 per cent reduction in electrical energy, 14 per cent in auxiliary power consumption and 3 per cent reduction in coal consumption.

The award committee comprised members from the Ministry of Power, Central Electricity Authority, National Productivity Council, Confederation of Indian Industry, Ministry of Railways and the Bureau of Energy Efficiency.

In addition to Mundra, Adani Power plans to synchronise two units each of 660 MW, based on the supercritical technology at Tiroda in Maharashtra later in the current fiscal. The company expects to achieve 6,000-MW operational capacity in FY 2011-12 out of the total 16,500-MW capacity that is under development.

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